Driving at 70-plus? Screening tests have predictive power for driver's license loss

To what extent can neuropsychological screening tests predict whether people with dementia will have to give up their driver's license? A study of a group of older people from Switzerland provides scientific clarity on this. For general practitioners, it is often a challenge to predict with neuropsychological screening tests in older people the risk of when these people will have to give up their driver's license...

Early assessment of driving fitness in individuals with pre-existing dementia, informing those affected, and organizing alternative transportation.

Whether safe driving is still possible in individual cases depends on the severity, stage, and type of dementia. A study presents a risk assessment for driving safety and practical recommendations for people with diagnosed dementia. Driving fitness in dementia depends on the severity and cause of the specific dementia syndrome, ...

Assessing Fitness to Drive with Dementia: The Mix of Practice and Theory Makes it Work

As a dementia illness progresses, it means for those affected, at a certain point: The car will remain in the garage from then on. But how can driving fitness be reliably checked? The scientist Linda Karrer describes what this question means for the driving fitness of people with dementia (PwD): „To determine driving fitness, individual neuropsychological..."

The mix of practical and theoretical makes it. 

As a dementia illness progresses, it means for those affected at a certain point: The car will remain in the garage from then on. But how can driving ability be reliably checked? Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Center for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Public Health at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have gained new insights into this. Driving a car…

Communicating with People with Dementia – Having Conversations Using Integrative Validation® as an Example

Communicating Effectively – But How? As was already made clear in the last webinar, various barriers can arise when communicating with people with dementia. These hinder exchange and can thus strain the personal relationship with the affected person, making social participation difficult. Communication with people...

Webinar: Communicating with People with Dementia – Holding Conversations Using the Example of Integrative Validation – with Sabine Seipp

Communicating effectively – but how? As already became clear in the last webinar with Prof. Gabriele Wilz, various barriers can arise when communicating with people with dementia. These hinder exchange and can thus strain the personal relationship with the affected person. Communication with people with dementia can be facilitated...

Communication with People with Dementia – General Guidelines and How to Handle Problematic Situations

Communication with other people is an essential part of our daily lives. However, various barriers arise when communicating with people with dementia, making exchange and related social participation more difficult. Misunderstanding, arguments, anger, and irritation, or even social withdrawal can be the consequences. In the lecture...